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Direct linkRobenalt, Clarice; Goldberg, Adele E. – Language Learning, 2016
When native speakers judge the acceptability of novel sentences, they appear to implicitly take competing formulations into account, judging novel sentences with a readily available alternative formulation to be less acceptable than novel sentences with no competing alternative. Moreover, novel sentences with a competing alternative are more…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Verbs, Word Frequency
Edwards, Roderick; Collins, Laura – Language Learning, 2011
Laufer and Nation (1995) proposed that the Lexical Frequency Profile (LFP) can estimate the size of a second-language writer's productive vocabulary. Meara (2005) questioned the sensitivity and the reliability of LFPs for estimating vocabulary sizes, based on the results obtained from probabilistic simulations of LFPs. However, the underlying…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Word Frequency, Profiles, Second Language Learning
Vidal, Karina – Language Learning, 2011
This article compares the effects of listening and reading on the incidental acquisition and retention of vocabulary. Two hundred thirty students participated in the study: They either (a) read three academic texts, (b) watched three lectures, or (c) received no input at all and just completed the vocabulary measures. This study also assessed and…
Descriptors: Scores, Vocabulary Development, Incidental Learning, Comparative Analysis
Laufer, Batia; Goldstein, Zahava – Language Learning, 2004
In this article, we describe the development and trial of a bilingual computerized test of vocabulary size, the number of words the learner knows, and strength, a combination of four aspects of knowledge of meaning that are assumed to constitute a hierarchy of difficulty: passive recognition easiest, active recognition, passive recall, and active…
Descriptors: Word Frequency, Vocabulary Development, Computer Assisted Testing, Recall (Psychology)
